Rustic Memories

“I wander’d by the brookside,
I wander’d by the mill;
I could not hear the brook flow,—
The noisy wheel was still;
There was... more

by Rodger Painter

Title

Rustic Memories

Artist

Rodger Painter

Medium

Photograph

Description

“I wander’d by the brookside,
I wander’d by the mill;
I could not hear the brook flow,—
The noisy wheel was still;
There was no burr of grasshopper,
No chirp of any bird,
But the beating of my own heart
Was all the sound I heard.”
--Richard Monckton Milnes (1809–1885)

Old Furnace Place Grist Mill and Waterwheel are reminders of bygone days in Cherokee County, South Carolina. The old mill fell victim to arson years ago, but the waterwheel still remains along with the old rock dam. Furnace Place, abandoned for awhile, is now a local historic site preserved by the county on Mill Gin Road off South Carolina Scenic Highway 11 not far from Cowpens National Battlefield.

This photograph was shot on Kodak Tri-X Pan 35mm black and white film.

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November 1st, 2018